The see-saw nature of election campaigns is all about testing how would-be prime ministers withstand pressure. And, right now, the pressure is really piling on John Key big-time. Following a less than ecstatic reception for National's tax policy, Key's week has ended with a nightmare confluence of events: two polls showing the gap between National and Labour narrowing dramatically on the day the Serious Fraud Office cleared Winston Peters, the man with whom Key refuses to deal, of any suggestion of fraud. Suddenly, Key's Sunday launch of National's campaign takes on a whole new significance. He cannot afford a flop. Key's cause may have been helped had the Prime Minister reinstated Peters as foreign minister following the SFO's announcement. But that was never going to happen. The Prime Minister's stated reasons that it is...
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